Tag: ballina
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OPPOSITION LEADER VISITS MARGINAL NORTH COAST SEAT
Bill Shorten says north coast residents battling lung cancer will benefit from a $60-million investment in radiation treatment facilities if Labor wins power. The pledge is just one part of a $2.3-billion cancer care package.
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NRRRL | SEAGULLS FLYING INTO ROUND ONE OF THE 2019 NRRRL SEASON
The Ballina Seagulls will have a few new faces running onto the field this upcoming season. While the club will is out to reclaim the premiership title, Captain Coach Jamie Lyon says the team is expecting a tough year.
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COUNT CONTINUES AS NORTH COAST SEATS HANG IN THE BALANCE
A nail biting finish for the state election, with three seats on the North Coast hanging in the balance. Candidates for the seats of Lismore and Ballina were out in full force – hoping to make one last impression on voters.
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CALLS TO EXPAND BALLINA’S RUNWAY FOR THE NEXT FLEET OF AIRCRAFT
Ballina’s ‘biggest asset’, the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, could be at risk without a $30 million upgrade of the runway. The Airport is the only major facility of its kind on the eastern seaboard whose runway can’t accommodate the next fleet of Jetstar aircraft. With Jetstar accounting for 77 per cent of the airport’s passenger…
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STATE ELECTION | FINAL PUSH FOR CANDIDATES ON THE NORTH COAST
Candidates are assuming battle stations for this weekend’s state election. Three North Coast seats are set to play an instrumental role in the outcome.
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SPORTING SUPERSTARS AT BALLINA’S EMMANUEL ANGLICAN COLLEGE
There must be something in the water at Emmanuel Anglican College. Four girls from the Ballina school are training at an elite level in their chosen sports – but balancing school work and sporting obligations is proving a challenge.
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REPORT HANDED DOWN INTO 2017 HINTERLAND PLANE CRASH
An inquest found that poor visibility played a major role in plane crash that killed one person on the Far North Coast in 20-17. Pilot Doug Braund died on impact after his Cessna crashed in Brooklet bushland, near Ballina. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau found it was likely Braund had become spatially disorientated, resulting in…
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NORTHERN RIVERS MOSQUITO INFLUX
Humid days and high rainfalls has seen a rise in the mosquito population on Far North Coast. Experts aren’t concerned about people contracting Ross River fever but have a warning for residents.
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BALLINA SHIRE TOURISM SEES OVER 1 MILLION VISITORS
According to new data, Ballina Shire’s fast becoming a popular tourist hotspot, with over 1 million visitors welcomed in the past financial year. The increase in visitor numbers has seen around $300-million injected into the local economy.
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BALLINA COMMUNITY GATHERS TO FAREWELL A LOCAL LEGEND
More than 1000 people gathered at the headquarters of the Ballina Seagulls on Tuesday, to celebrate, honour and remember the life of a local legend. 69-year-old Lynn Burtonwood went missing almost a month ago.